From: Gary Duncanson (gary.duncanson@googlemail.com)
Date: Tue Feb 26 2008 - 05:56:10 ARST
Your background is similar to mine and with family commitments I haven't
been able to put is as many hours as I would like in a short period of time.
Keep plugging away. Your elapsed time may be longer than other candidates to
cover the material, just make sure you get enough practice hours in and you
should be fine.
HTH
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh" <shmokin@gmail.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:43 AM
Subject: CCIE Candidates
> Hello fellow CCIE candidates,
>
> I want to put in a few words (both good & bad) about my recent experience
> in
> a boot camp by Narbik. I've known Narbik now for about 10 years now. I
> began CCNA with him as my instructor back in 1999. I did CCNP with him as
> well, all but the last class (CIT) which was taught by his partner at the
> time Mr. Khawar Butts. I got my CCNP in 2001. I was in his first CCIE
> boot
> camp back in 2002 before he was even a CCIE. I took a break after 2002
> and
> started to get back on the CCIE pursuit last April when I attended his
> bootcamp for the first time. This past week is the 2nd time I have done
> his bootcamp. Here is why I have stuck with Narbik:
>
> 1. Narbiks lectures: No Ferris Bueller style lectures here. Having
> did 5 years of college in the past, I have had my share of boring,
> mono-tone, bad accents, etc. I would have requested my money back if the
> lectures were not worth it. Narbik's brings an energy that keeps you
> awake,
> attentive and interested. The jokes keep the material, which we all know
> is
> rather dry for the most part, very interesting. NO powerpoint style
> presentations here either. One thing that really irks me is a "training
> class" where all they do is put up a powerpoint presentation and read it.
> I
> know this seems to be the norm for most companies now, but how much do you
> really learn? Anyway, I also like the fact that the lectures are to the
> point. He doesn't fill them with stuff you really don't need to know.
> You
> really need to follow along, else you will miss a good portion of the
> lecture. The way Narbik explains everything makes it look easy too. So
> easy his grandma can do it. All the commands are done off the top of
> head,
> and every option is explained in detail as well as examples of when to
> choose one versus another. He covers the topics end to end and leaves you
> with a great understanding at the end.
>
> 2. Narbik's philosophy: Teach you way above and beyond the
> requirements to just pass the test. This has been Narbik's belief since I
> first met him. I totally agree with this thinking. It is better to learn
> the whole enchilada, than just the bare minimum. He gives you the basics
> (beginning at a CCNP level basics) and works up from there. He breaks
> down
> the course & lectures by protocol. He takes one protocol at a time. He
> begins at times with the history, why certain commands are hidden, what
> every possible command does, and when and where to apply them. He does
> this with every protocol. The lectures included: RIP, EIGRP, Switching,
> BGP, Multicast, QoS, and OSPF. I was nice to see he asked at the
> beginning
> of the class what our weaknesses were and focused a little extra for us on
> those areas.
>
> 3. Narbik is oldschool: He takes care of you! For the money you
> pay,
> you can re-take the class (of course seat permitting) anytime you wish.
> Also,
> any updates to the materials are available to you as well. All you have
> to
> pay is the shipping. If you want to re-take the class, all you need to
> pay
> is the rack rental and cost of printing the materials. This to me shows
> that he's not out to take your money. He does have a whole-hearted
> concern
> and desire for you to pass the test. The fact that he gives you his cel
> phone number and is available for any questions as well via email makes
> anyone in pursuit of this cert
>
> 4. Narbik's materials: The workbooks are very well written. Answers
> are explained in detail as to why a solution was done a certain manner as
> well the command to verify your config was done correctly. The workbook I
> received the last class was 2000+ pages! BGP section alone was around 200
> pages. They also came with revisions and added material on top of the
> 2000+
> workbook.
>
> There is one complaint I do have about Narbik. Yes believe it or not the
> man is not perfect! Since back when I first met him, he had the problem
> of
> promising material and not delivering. When I took the class back in
> April,
> he advised he was working on 10 "super-labs" and would have those
> completed
> very soon and email those out to everyone in the class at that time. Here
> we are almost 1 year later and I only have 1!!! Honestly, this doesn't
> bother me that much, but it is a flaw. He has advised us that this
> current
> week he will complete those labs which will be included in the price of
> the
> bootcamp!
>
> I'd be happy to answer any other questions, here or unicast. A little bit
> about myself: I started in the IT field in 1995. Started more focused on
> LAN environment with Novell, WindowsNT, OS/2, etc. About 1999, I began my
> Cisco studies, took a hiatus from 2002-2007, passed the written in June of
> 2007, and slowly but surely working towards the CCIE lab. I currently
> work
> for a service provider called British Telecom (BT). We were known as
> Infonet and were purchased by BT about 2 years ago . I was with another
> service provider, Verizon, before then. Oh and maybe you guys are
> wondering why I haven't taken the lab well I just had twin baby boys in
> August, so I'm not able to study as much as I would like. Plus, you
> wouldn't believe how many kids I have in addition to the twins. Family of
> course comes before the CCIE, so its an interesting and great struggle I
> have in front of me. But the more I study and practice labs, the more I
> can
> see this as being doable. Not easy at all, but doable.
>
> Wish everyone the very best in their studies. This is a great forum and
> very very helpful to me and many others.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Josh Covarrubias
>
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